I was trying to find something to watch last night when I found the Country Music TV Chanel playing A Christmas Story 2 (Ralphie is now a teenager wanting a car for Christmas ). A rather funny story

But watching it a bit then it went to commercials. One after another and another. I got to wondering how long it was going to be. So, I started timing the story time to commercial time. First there was an 8 minute commercial break followed by a 9 minute story break. Since I had this on record, I thought it might have been during the half hour was why the commercial was so long. But no

It was followed by a 9 minute commercial break followed bt a 9 minute story break Then a 10 minute commercial break with a 9 minute storyThen a 8 minute commercial with a 5 minute storyThen a 10 minute commercial

This seems a bit lopsided.

Dave

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GOOD FOR YOU!I'd noticed that phenomenon as well but never stuck with it long enough to actually have TIMED their BS.

It seems that they're BANKING ON you getting involved enough in the story ...and eventually, that you've invested too much time by midway, to give up, that you won't change the freakin' channel, even though the commercial break/movie time ratio goes all top-heavy.

Gore Help all those stuck in that Capitalistic Loop without Cable or some other alternative... 'cause Iinvariably opt out during the first commercial of the second set.

It's not just a short attention span or lack of interest, but rather the principle... and that allowing it would only encourage the practice.

When THEY come to the realization that by assuming that we have no choice in the matter they're shooting themselves in the foot by buying time to gain exposure while simultaneously turning away the very eyesnecessary to sell whatever they're pushing they'll catcha clue, stop treating us like dupes, and dial it back towhat used to be considered REASONABLE.________________

I think that's an exception. They are long... but they are even longer if you are watching a Christmas special and it's the Holidays and they are advertising more heavily cuz of a short season.

The retailers are worried. T-Day fell on the 28th. That's the latest day it can fall in the month. This means 6 less day of shopping since no one really gets going till Thanksgiving.Hence the Black Thursday openings... and heavy commercial play.IMO.

I rarely watch TV live. Almost everything we watch is already recorded on the DVR, so we skip the commercials completely. Sports being the only real exception.

They of course claim that people like me are the reason there are so many commercials. I get that, but when you're trying to sell me something I don't even want, screaming the same thing at me over and over and over isn't the way to make me start watching them.

The retailers are worried. T-Day fell on the 28th. That's the latest day it can fall in the month. This means 6 less day of shopping since no one really gets going till Thanksgiving.Hence the Black Thursday openings... and heavy commercial play.

SO why don't they get behind BO and programs to build infrastructure... puts many to work and they have MORE customers !! THAT would be better than non stop commercials !! the big dummies !!

I can overlook the exception as you stated it..what burns my biscuits is the channels thathave taken that tactic up habitually......mostly the FAMILY Oriented Channels that encourage kids to badger their parents intospending hard earned money on the LATEST Can't Live Without (or be ostracized by their peer group) Useless Hunk of Future Land-Fill.

A Christmas Story 2. Ralphie is a teen just about to be. 16. Still wearing the same specs. the old man is still frittzing with the furnace. Ralphie wants a used car for Christmas and is trying to find ways to convince his parents. Kinda cute. I think if one had not seen the first one it wouldn't be so cute though.

Dave

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If we don't count our blessings We are just wasting our time

I really hadn't taken the time to actually time the commercial breaks before but after this I took two programs , one , a two hour program on the animal planet channel on Yellowstone and another that's called "Naked Las Vegas" on the scify channel.

Bothe of these had the story content about twice the length of the commercial breaks total. Neat her had commercial breaks much longer then 4 minutes. I wanted to time a prime time broadcast on the main three but I don't watch them . Also, sporting events might be skewed.

It was a few years ago when I discovered that during a basketball game being televised , they take a tine out at the first dead ball following the score clock passing a time divisible by 4. So first dead ball after 16, 12, 8, 4. Minute Mark. Plus any other time when the time outs might be a bit long because of an injury or monitor check.

Dave

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If we don't count our blessings We are just wasting our time

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